Butter Pecan Sauce Recipe

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Try this thick, rich, buttery sauce over ice cream, fried ice cream or slices of angel food cake for a satisfying dessert. It's so delicious! —Delores Goossen, Morris, Manitoba

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Butter Pecan Sauce Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 16 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter, cubed
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1 cup heavy whipping cream
1 cup chopped pecans, toasted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Vanilla ice cream

Directions

In a large heavy saucepan, cook butter over medium heat for 4-6 minutes or until golden brown. Stir in sugar and corn syrup; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat; gradually stir in cream.
Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium. Cook until sauce begins to thicken. Remove from the heat. Stir in pecans and vanilla. Serve warm over ice cream. Yield: 2 cups.

Nutritional Facts 2 tablespoons (calculated without ice cream) equals 204 calories, 17 g fat (7 g saturated fat), 35 mg cholesterol, 49 mg sodium, 15 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Butter Pecan Sauce in Taste of Home June/July 2008, p11